CURRICULUM VITAE Posted: March 4, 2019 CHRONOLOGY OF EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS E D U C A T I O N 2007-2010 Yale University School of Architecture New Haven CT Masters in Architecture (Terminal Degree), Final Project (first prize in studio): A Net Zero Carbon Resort for a UNESCO Site in Marrakech, Morocco 2000-2004 Duke University Durham NC BA Art History, Thesis: Multiplicity, an Artist Collective, Investigating European Space and Union with Stefano Boeri P R O F E S S I O N A L C R E D E N T I A L S 2014-present Registered Architect, Arizona registration number 58857 2013-present LEED Accredited Professional, Neighborhood Development 2011-present LEED Accredited Professional, Building Design + Construction CHRONOLOGY OF ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2016-present School of Architecture University of Arizona Tucson AZ Assistant Professor, tenure eligible Additional Titles: Assistant Professor, Global Change Interdisciplinary PhD Program (2017-present) 2016 spring School of Architecture University of Arizona Tucson AZ Assistant Professor of Practice 2015 fall School of Architecture University of Arizona Tucson AZ Adjunct Lecturer CHRONOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2012-2016 BuroHappold Engineering Los Angeles CA Associate + Senior Sustainability Consultant 2010-2012 Foster + Partners: Architectural Design + Engineering Firm Hong Kong China Sustainability Consultant + Engineering Coordinator + Designer 2009 MUF Architecture Art London UK Project Manager + Designer 2007-2008 Duke University Board of Trustees Muhuru Bay Kenya Lead Designer + Project Manager 2004-2005 United Nations Habitat Nairobi Kenya Researcher 2003 Multiplicity + Boeri Architects Milan Italy Researcher
HONORS + AWARDS I N T E R N A T I O N A L + N A T I O N A L A W A R D S 2018 ACSA/AIA Practice + Leadership Award (blind peer reviewed) Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and American Institute of Architects (AIA) National award to recognize highly effective teaching, scholarship, and outreach 2017 AESS President s Award Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) President s Award for Educational and Environmental Collaboration and Excellence S T A T E + C O M M U N I T Y A W A R D S 2018 Dobras Award Dean s Award UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture Annual Dean s award given in recognition of outstanding service to the community 2017 AIA Urban and Regional Planning State Design Award, citation (blind peer reviewed) American Institute of Architects (AIA) Arizona State Chapter 2017 Crescordia Award Arizona Forward Environmental Excellence Awards Environmental Educator Excellence State Award (first place) (blind reviewed) 2017 Common Ground Award Finalist Metropolitan Pima Alliance Recognizes outstanding collaboration in the community (blind reviewed) 2016 AIA Pedagogy Award American Institute of Architects Arizona State Chapter Design Pedagogy State Award (blind peer reviewed) PUBLICATIONS I N V I T E D B O O K C H A P T E R C O N T R I B U T I O N S 2018 Crosson, Courtney. Net Zero Water System Diagram and Design Procedure in A. Kwok and W. Grondzik, The Green Studio Handbook. New York: Routledge, 2018. 263-265. P E E R R E V I E W E D A R T I C L E S 2018 Crosson, Courtney. "Innovating the Urban Water System: Achieving a Net Zero Water Future Beyond Current Regulation." Technology Architecture+ Design. Vol 2, no. 1 (2018): 68-81. 2018 Crosson, Courtney. Creating Our Own Ladders to Climb: Architects Setting Sustainable Policy. Proceedings of the ARCC-EAAE International Conference, 2018. 38-46. (30% acceptance rate) 2018 Crosson, Courtney. A Model for Public-Private-Academic Partnership: Supporting Climate Planning Imperatives in Cities. Proceedings of the ARCC-EAAE International Conference, 2018. 274-282. (30% acceptance rate) 2017 Crosson, Courtney. Afraid of Night. TRANS: the student journal of the University of Arizona School of Architecture, 2017. 67-72. (50% acceptance rate) 2017 Crosson, Courtney. "Shades of Green: Modifying Sustainability Rating Systems for Transit Center Functionality." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2638 (2017): 88-96. 2016 Crosson, Courtney. "Achieving Net Zero Water in Severe Drought Prone Areas: A Case Study of Catchment, Storage, and Infiltration Optimization." Procedia Engineering 145 (2016): 782-789. 2016 Crosson, Courtney. Achieving Net Positive Water: Our Regenerative Future within Current Regulation. Passive and Low Energy Architecture, conference proceedings.
P E E R R E V I E W E D P O S T E R S 2018 Crosson, Courtney, D. Tong, Q. Zhong, Y. Zhang. Rainwater as Potential Resource for Water Independence in Tucson s Communities. American Association for Geographers (AAG). Annual Conference: New Orleans, LA. 2018 Tong, Daoqin, Crosson, C., Q. Zhong, Y. Zhang. Rainwater as Historic Resource for Native Food Systems in Tucson s Food Desert Communities. INFORMS. Annual Conference: Phoenix, AZ. 2018 Crosson, Courtney, D. Tong, Q. Zhong, Y. Zhang. Rainwater as Potential Resource for Water Independence in Tucson s Communities. Arizona Water Resource and Research Center. Annual Conference: Tucson, AZ. 2017 Crosson, Courtney. Architects Setting Sustainable Policy. Architecture Research Centers Consortium (ARCC). Annual Conference: Salt Lake City, UT. 2016 Crosson, Courtney. Achieving Net Zero Water: The Co-Optimization of Catchment, Storage, and Infiltration. Arizona Water Resource and Research Center. Annual Conference: Tucson, AZ. P E E R R E V I E W E D W H I T E P A P E R S 2019 Crosson, Courtney, D. Tong, Q. Zhong, Y. Zhang. Rainwater as Potential Resource for Water Independence in Tucson s Communities. Making Action Possible for Southern Arizona. University of Arizona, 2019. S E L F P U B L I C A T I O N O F S T U D I O W O R K 2018 Monsoon: the game to built green infrastructure networks ARC451a: Option Studio board game to be used to teach K-12 students and community members about green infrastructure 2018 Tucson 2050 : A Vision for a Future Downtown ARC451a: Option Studio 260 page book 2017 YWCA Water Commons ARC451b: Option Studio 20 page booklet for the YWCA 2017 Hydro-Tetris ARC451b 20 page book for the City of Tucson and Pima Flood Control 2017 2050 Downtown Tucson EcoDistrict ARC451a: Option Studio 240 page book in print and online 2016 University of Arizona Road Map to Carbon and Water Neutrality ARC451b: Option Studio 230 page book that is a roadmap for University of Arizona to reach carbon and water neutrality by 2050 P U B L I C A T I O N S B Y O T H E R S A B O U T W O R K 2018 "Downtown Tucson 2050 Exhibit." Zocalo Magazine. Architecture Section. May 2018, Pg 7, No.96. 2018 "UA Architecture students share vision of Tucson 2050." Tucson News Now. 12 May 2018. http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/38177147/ua-architecture-students-share-vision-of-tucson- 2050 2018 A Look At Tucson 2050: A Vision For A Future Downtown Tucson. Tucson Improvement and Beautification Organization. 21 May 2018. http://tiboaz.biz/2018/05/21/a-look-at-tucson-2050-avision-for-a-future-downtown-tucson/ 2018 Life Along the Street Car. Tucson 2050 Vision: Interview with professor Courtney Crosson. Downtown Radio. Two part interview that aired: 10 June 2018 and 17 June 2018.
2018 Davis, Tony. Climate forecasts remain gloomy, experts say at University of Arizona Workshop. Arizona Daily Star. 31 March 2018. http://tucson.com/news/local/climate-forecasts-remain-gloomyexperts-say-at-university-of-arizona/article_03f860db-7ed6-5919-91e3-7dbfd11e61c5.html 2018 Association for Collegiate School of Architecture (ACSA). Innovating the Urban Water System. Weekly Newsletter. 6 April 2018. Feature in weekly ACSA newsletter on recent published article in Technology Architecture + Design. WORK IN PROGRESS I N V I T E D B O O K C H A P T E R S (Under Review) 2019 Crosson, Courtney and Kepha Ngito. Informal Water Service Providers: Water Access and Quality in Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi. The Unexamined: Critical Inquiries on Architecture and Place. Ed. Susannah Dickinson, Aletheia Ida, Jonathan Bean. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019. Revise and Resubmit. P E E R R E V I E W E D A R T I C L E S (Under Review) 2019 Crosson, Courtney. Agency and Adaptation: The built environment of the Kibera Slum Upgrading Project. Planning Theory. Revise and Resubmit. 2019 Crosson, Courtney. Reducing Building Water Use Intensity (WUI): Tools for Practice and Academia. Proceedings of the Building Technology Educators Society Conference. Revise and Resubmit. MEDIA E X H I B I T S 2018 Downtown Tucson 2050 Vision Chicago Store Tucson AZ (350+ attendees) 2017 University of Arizona Roadmap to Carbon and Water Neutrality University of Arizona Downtown Storefront Windows Tucson AZ SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS I N V I T E D K E Y N O T E P A N E L S 2017 Closing Keynote Panel Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) Tucson AZ 2017 Sustainable Cities: Keynote Panel Arizona First Living Economy Forum Tucson AZ I N V I T E D S C H O L A R L Y P R E S E N T A T I O N S 2019 Net Positive Water Design: Challenges and Opportunities National Science Foundation (NSF) Offices Workshop on Water Data Innovations and Impacts Washington DC (forthcoming) 2018 Innovating the Urban Water System: achieving a net zero water future beyond current regulation Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture TAD Journal Paper Session Denver CO 2018 Sustainable Cities National Science Foundation (NSF) Surviving Peak Drought Workshop Panel Tucson AZ 2018 Innovating Our Urban Water System: the architecture of our decentralized future University of Arizona School of Architecture Lecture Series Tucson AZ
2018 Innovating the Urban Water System: the architecture of our decentralized future Water Resource Research Center (WRRC) Brown Bag Series University of Arizona Tucson AZ 2018 Innovating the Urban Water System: Net Zero Water Design Sustainable Built Environments (SBE) Lecture Presentation Series University of Arizona Tucson AZ 2016 Green Infrastructure Panel EcoDistricts Annual Pre-Conference Community Summit Panel Boulder CO 2016 Pursuing the Sustainability of Our Cities with Public Private Partnerships American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Summit on Infrastructure and Public Private Partnership Panel Santa Monica CA 2016 Future-proofing Our Water Policy International Living Futures Institute Net Positive Energy + Water Conference Panel San Diego CA I N V I T E D O U T R E A C H P R E S E N T A T I O N S 2018 Innovating Our Urban Water System: Multiuse Basin Decentralized Networks Pima County Regional Flood Control District Brown Bag Series Tucson AZ 2018 Downtown Tucson 2050 Project Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions (CCASS) Urban Resilience Panel Tucson AZ 2018 Innovating the Urban Water System: Net Zero Water Design Living Building Challenge Sonoran Collaborative Monthly Lecture Series Phoenix AZ 2017 Downtown Tucson 2050 District Pima County Sustainability Brown Bag Series Tucson AZ 2017 Downtown Tucson 2050 District City of Tucson Staff Lunch Presentation Tucson AZ I N V I T E D W E B I N A R S 2019 Rainwater as Resource for Tucson s Communities Making Action Possible for Southern Arizona Economic and Business Research Center UA Eller College of Management 2018 Innovating the Urban Water System: achieving a net zero water future beyond current regulation Technology Architecture + Design (TAD) Featured Journal Articles S C H O L A R L Y C O N F E R N C E P R E S E N T A T I O N S 2019 The Ensuing Flood: Increasing Equity and Reducing Impact through Networked Decentralized Infrastructure ACSA-AIA Intersections Symposium AIA Annual Convention Las Vegas NV (7% acceptance moderated by Bryan Bell) (forthcoming) 2019 Reducing Building Water Use Intensity (WUI): Tools for Practice and Academia Building Technology Educators Society (BTES) National Conference Amherst MA (forthcoming) 2018 Informal Water Service Providers: Water Access and Quality in Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya Architecture Media Politics Society (AMPS) Tucson AZ 2018 Public-Private-Academic Partnership: Supporting Climate Planning Imperatives in Cities Architecture Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)+European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) Philadelphia PA 2018 Creating Our Own Ladders to Climb: Architects Setting Sustainable Policy Architecture Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)+European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) Philadelphia PA
2018 Tucson 2050 Plan Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Conference Denver CO 2017 Informal Water Service Providers: Water Access and Quality in Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference Denver CO 2017 A Resilient Future: District Energy in the Downtown Tucson 2050 Plan International District Energy Association (IDEA) Annual Conference Phoenix AZ 2017 Tucson 2050 Vision: an academic, public, private partnership envisions a resilient urban future Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) Annual Conference Tucson AZ 2017 Designing a Carbon and Water Neutral Master Plan: Architects Affecting Policy Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) Annual Conference Tucson AZ 2017 "Shades of Green: Modifying Sustainability Rating Systems for Transit Center Functionality" Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Conference Washington DC 2016 "Achieving Net Zero Water in Severe Drought Prone Areas: A Case Study of Catchment, Storage, and Infiltration Optimization" International Conference for Sustainable Design, Engineering, and Construction (ICSDEC) Annual Conference Phoenix AZ 2016 Achieving Net Positive Water: Our Regenerative Future within Current Regulation Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) International Annual Conference Los Angeles CA 2016 From Pedagogy to Practice: Solving for Net Zero Water in Arid Climates Society for Building Science Educators (SBSE) Annual Conference San Francisco CA 2016 From Petals to Pedagogy: University of Arizona Sustainable Pedagogy International Living Futures Institute (ILFI) Annual Conference Seattle WA AWARDED GRANTS + CONTRACTS 2019 Downtown Tucson 2050 Vision: one water GLHN Architects + Engineers Contract PI ($10,000) 2018 Urban Transportation System Flood Vulnerability Assessment with Special Reference to Low Income and Minority Neighborhoods Small Starts Grant National Institute of Transportation and Communities (NITC) PI ($20,000) 2018-2021 Intergovernmental Agreement with University of Arizona Pima County Flood Control District PI 2018 Multi-use Basin Study for Christmas Wash, Alamo Wash, and Ruthruff Basin Pima County Regional Flood Control District PI ($5,000) 2018 Multi-use Basin Study for Christmas Wash, Alamo Wash, and Ruthruff Basin City of Tucson, City Manager s Office PI ($5,000) 2018 Downtown Tucson 2050 Vision GLHN Architects + Engineers Contract PI ($10,000) 2017 Rainwater as Historic Resource for Native Food Systems in Tucson s Food Desert Communities Faculty Seed Grant UA Office of Research, Development, and Innovation PI ($10,000) 2017 Rainwater as Potential Resource for Water Independence in Tucson s Communities Making Action Possible (MAP) Grant UA Economic and Business Research Center PI ($7,500) 2017 Downtown Tucson EcoDistrict GLHN Architects + Engineers Contract PI ($10,000)
SERVICE + OUTREACH I N T E R N A T I O N A L + N A T I ON A L BOARDS 2019-2022 At-Large Director Board of Directors Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) (elected) JOURNAL REVIEWS 2018 Paper Reviewer Technology Architecture + Design (TAD) Urbanizing Issue (invited) CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS + PAPER REVIEWS 2018 Scientific Review Committee International Building Physics Conference (IBPC) (invited) 2018 Building Technology Educators Society (BTES) (invited) 2017 Scientific Review Committee Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) (invited) 2017 Scientific Review Committee International Building Physics Conference (IBPC) (invited) 2016 Scientific Review Committee Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) (invited) DESIGN STUDIO REVIEWS 2017 Final Review Jury Graduate School in Architecture Planning and Preservation Masters in Urban Design Columbia University New York City NY (invited by professor Kate Orff) 2017 Interim Reviewer Masters in Architecture Program North Carolina State University Raleigh NC (invited by professor Dana Gulling) 2016 Final Review Jury Peggy Deamer Utopia (visiting) Studio California College of the Arts San Francisco CA (invited) SERVICE COMMITTEES 2017 National Academy of Sciences Transportation Review Board Committee on Landscape and Environmental Design (volunteer) L O C A L C O M M U N I T Y OUTREACH 2019-present One Water Committee City, County, and Pima Association of Governments staffs (volunteer) 2018-present Low-Impact Development Working Group City, County, and Pima Association of Governments staffs (invited) 2018 Santa Cruz Water Forum Community Forum (invited) U N I V ER S I T Y 2017-present Executive Committee Member Water, Society, and Policy (WSP) (invited) 2017-present Associate Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions (CCASS) (invited) 2017-present Affiliate Institute for the Environment (volunteer) 2018 Reviewer Faculty Seed Grant Research Discovery Innovation (invited) 2018 Reviewer Challenge Grant Haury Program in Environmental and Social Justice (volunteer) 2017 Reviewer National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Research Discovery Innovation (invited)
C O L L E G E 2018-2019 Dean s Strategic Planning and Operations Advisory Committee (invited) 2018 Co-Chair Dean s Strategic Planning Task Force on Drachman Institute (invited) 2018 Co-Chair Dean s Strategic Planning Task Force on Community and Partnerships (invited) 2017-2018 Co-Chair Diversity and Inclusion Committee (appointed) S C H O O L 2018-present Faulty Liaison Building Technology Educators Society (BTES) (volunteered) 2016-present Co-Chair (2018-present) Sustainability Pedagogy Committee (appointed) 2016-present Faculty Advisor United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Student Group (appointed) 2016-present Architectural Engineering Degree Advisory Committee (invited) 2017 Urban Design Task Force (appointed) 2016-2018 Faculty Councilor Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) (appointed) 2016 Non Tenure Track Task Force (appointed) M E M B E R S H I P + P R O F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I O N S 2017-present Association for Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Member 2017-present Building Technology Educators Society (BTES) Member 2016-present Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Member 2016-2018 Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE) Member RECOGNITION OF COLLABORATION ON GRANTS + PUBLICATIONS 2019 Kepha Ngito, Executive Director, Forum 41, Nairobi Kenya Publication: Informal Water Service Providers: Water Access and Quality in Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi (30%) 2017-present Dr. Daoqin Tong, Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University was an Associate Professor at University of Arizona until Fall of 2017 Grant: Making Action Possible Grant (10%) Grant: Small Starts Grant (10%) Publication: Rainwater as Potential Resource for Water Independence in Tucson s Communities (20%) Publication: Rainwater as Historic Resource for Native Food Systems in Tucson s Food Desert Communities. (40%) 2017-present Yinan Zhang, PhD Student, School of Geography, University of Arizona Publication: Rainwater as Potential Resource for Water Independence in Tucson s Communities (15%) 2017-present Qing Zhong, PhD Student, School of Geography, University of Arizona Publication: Rainwater as Potential Resource for Water Independence in Tucson s Communities (10%) Publication: Rainwater as Historic Resource for Native Food Systems in Tucson s Food Desert Communities. (30%)
2016-present Studio Outreach Projects: Work produced by University of Arizona fourth-year Bachelors of Architecture students, fifth-year Bachelors of Architecture students, and third-year Masters of Architecture students